Coming hot on the heels of recent disappointing "women-behaving-badly"
comedies "Snatched" and "Rough Night," "Girls Trip" succeeds in showing those
films how it's done. The movie gives its audience the raucous comedy and
heartfelt emotion that those films promised, but only sporadically delivered.
By Adam Lubitow
July 25, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Girls Trip Malcolm D. Lee Queen Latifah Regina Hall
Wonderful performances from Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke
distract from some storytelling shortcomings in "Maudie," a gentle biopic of
Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis. The film opens in the 1930's rural village
where Maud (Hawkins) lives with an overbearing aunt, after her family decided
the arthritic Maud would be unable to take care of herself on her own.
By Adam Lubitow
July 18, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Maudie Aisling Walsh Sally Hawkins Ethan Hawke
An affectionate ode to screwball and silent film-era comedy,
"Lost in Paris" springs from the minds of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, a
Brussels-based husband-and-wife burlesque duo. Tackling writing, directing, and
starring duties, the pair turn a bittersweet romantic fable into an
irresistibly charming slapstick confection.
By Adam Lubitow
July 14, 2017
Movie Reviews Film Review Lost in Paris Fiona Gordon Dominique Abel Emmanuelle Riva
The Italian Film Series has premiered a contemporary Italian film each month since April at The Little Theatre. These one-time-only screenings are dedicated to showing off the breadth of the country's modern cinematic offerings, and Rochester audiences get a chance to view films that might otherwise have never made it to local theaters.
By Adam Lubitow
July 12, 2017
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